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Skopje marks 56 years since the disastrous earthquake on July 26, 1963

The 1963 Skopje earthquake  was a 6.1 moment magnitude earthquake which occurred in Skopje, SR Macedonia then part of the SFR Yugoslavia, on July 26, 1963, which killed over 1,070 people, injured between 3,000 and 4,000 and left more than 200,000 people homeless. About 80 percent of the city was destroyed.

The earthquake, which measured 6.1 on the moment magnitude scale (equivalent to 6.9 on the Richter scale), occurred on July 26, 1963, at 5:17 am local time) in Skopje.

The tremor lasted for 20 seconds and was felt mostly along the Vardar River Valley. There were also smaller aftershocks until 5:43.

Within days after the earthquake took place, 35 nations requested that the United Nations General Assembly place relief for Skopje on their list of agendas. Relief, in the form of money, medical, engineering and building teams and supplies was offered from 78 countries all over the world.

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The Roma of Finland went to the front in 1939-1945, as did other Finns

The monument to the died Roma in the wars of 1939-1945 at Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki is probably the only monument in the world to be erected in honor of the Roma who participated in the war. The monument was jointly implemented by the Finnish Roma and Veteran Organizations and the National Advisory Board on Romani Affairs RONK with the support of the state and the church. Artist Heikki Häiväoja designed and built the base of the monument made of Tervakoski stone and a broken cart wheel depicting a broken trip. In the foundation stone is written in Finnish and Romani "In memory of the Roma who dies in the wars of 1939-1945".

In 1997, at the joint initiative of the Finnish Roma organizations and RONK, the first Roma war veteran celebration was held in the House of the Estates. The patron of the celebration was Foreign Minister Tarja Halonen, who in the 17th October 2003, as the President of the Republic, also blessed a war memorial in the Hietaniemi cemetery to commemorate Romani veterans who fell during the war.

More than 300 Roma men participated in the Winter and Continuation War, 60 of whom suffered the fate of a hero.

The war also affected the Roma in other ways. One third of Finland's Roma population had lived in the pre-war Karelia, and as a result of the war, about 1,000 Roma had to move away from their old homelands and detours. In search of livelihoods and housing, Roma evacuees scattered all over Finland, usually without similar government support then other refugees from Karelia.

Student Roma visited a special school in Germany due to a mistake, the court decided on the right to pecuniary damage

A court in Cologne, Germany, ruled in favor of 21-year-old Nenad. M, originating from Serbia of Roma nationality.

For 11 years he has been misbehaving "special school" in Bavaria - Germany for children with developmental disabilities. He spoke only Romany and Serbian.
Immediately after the relocation of his family from Bavaria to North Rhine Westphalia, Nenad was transferred to a school with mental disabilities, without questioning his intellectual abilities. Now the district of Rhine Westphalia will have to pay damages for their procedural mistake.

Nenad, after 11 years of education at the "special school", got the opportunity to transfer to a regular school which he completed in 2016 with an average of "1.6" (where "1" in the German system is the highest grade.)
The association Mittendrin welcomed the verdict. "The Nenad case has been isolated and there are still such examples," said the Eva Maria Toms association's director.
The loss in revenue as a result of the under-completion of education was estimated at around 40,000 euros, and as a psychological post-traumatic moment the damage was calculated for an additional 20,000 euros.

The court still does not determine the amount of funds and it will be a separate hearing of the court.

Link: http://rominfomedia.rs/romski-ucenik-poreklom-iz-srbije-greskom-pohadao-specijalnu-skolu-u-nemackoj-sud-presudio-u-njegovu-korist-ima-pravo-na-novcanu-nadoknadu

Romani people in Greece

The Romani people of Greece or Romá (Greek: Ρομάνι/Ρομά) are called Arlije/Erlides (Greek: Ερλίδες), Tsiganoi (Greek: Τσιγγάνοι), Athiganoi(Αθίγγανοι), or the more derogatory term Gyftoi (Greek: Γύφτοι) (Gypsies). The number of Roma in Greece has been estimated to be up to 300,000 people.On 8 April 2019 the Greek government stated that the number of Roma people in Greece is around 110,000.

The history of Roma in Greece goes back to the 15th century. The name Gypsy(Gyftos=Γύφτος) sometimes used for the Romani people was first given to them by the Greeks, who supposed them to be Egyptian in origin.

Due to their nomadicnature, they are not concentrated in a specific geographical area, but are dispersed all over the country. The majority of the Greek Roma are Orthodox Christians who speak the Romani language in addition to Greek. Most of the Roma who live in Western Thrace are Muslims and speak a dialect of the same language.

The Roma in Greece live scattered on the whole territory of the country, mainly in the suburbs. Notable centres of Romani life in Greece are Agia Varvara which has a very successful Romani community and Ano Liosia where conditions are poorer. Roma largely maintain their own customs and traditions. 

The majority of the Greek Roma are Orthodox Christian and have taken a Greek identity (language, names) while a small part of them, the Muslim Roma concentrated in Thrace have adopted Turkish identities.

Roma in Greece are known for the zurna and davul duos (analogous to the shawm and drum partnership common in Romani music) and Izmir-influenced koumpaneia music. Koumpaneia has long been popular among Greek Roma and Jews.

Notable Roma from Greece is: Manolis Angelopoulos, singer, Paola Foka, singer, Kostas Hatzis, singer and musician, Irini Merkouri, singer, Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek international football player, Vassilis Saleas, clarinetist, , Eleni Vitali, singer and composer, Sotis Volanis, singer, Giorgos Giakoumakis, footballer end etc.

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